March 30, 2010
While Sandwich schools should make it through this school year OK, cuts may be needed in the next school year. Superintendent Rick Schmitt told the School Board this month that the district’s overall fund balances will allow it to sustain many of its current programs and services, but "right now it looks like we might […]
March 30, 2010
Support for vulnerable students and busing are just a couple of the areas that are considered optional – and might therefore be on the chopping block – in School District 79’s budget. The breakdown of what’s considered core and what’s not was put on the table during the district’s first finance committee budget meeting last […]
March 30, 2010
BRISTOL — – Closing Bingham School, eliminating 21 full-time jobs and replacing dozens of veteran teachers with new hires will save the school system more than $1.6 million next year, Superintendent Philip Streifer told the finance board Monday night. However, that won’t be nearly enough to offset declining federal grants and state aid, soaring health […]
March 30, 2010
For much of the last two decades, Illinois schools have lurched from financial crisis to financial crisis, with no shortage of potential solutions floated through blue-ribbon panels, reform legislation, lawsuits and even a constitutional referendum. To date, the only clear winner has been inertia. Now with the state budget awash in red ink and Gov. Pat […]
March 30, 2010
Earlier this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed cutting $1.2 billion in "school district central administration" to help balance the 2010-201 1 budget. But his definition of central administration is broad. According to Department of Finance officials, the governor wants total spending on the following areas reduced, on average, by 10 percent statewide: General administration: Central office expenses, […]
March 30, 2010
Simcoe County’s elementary teachers have a message for pa rents: Pay attention. In a series of radio ads, the Simcoe County Elementary Teachers’ Federation warns parents of cutbacks, including the likely elimination of the Reading Recovery program – which helps at-risk Grade 1 students to read. Other reductions could include special education teachers, English as a second […]
March 29, 2010
A change in Medicaid funding will dramatically affect the services available to about 160 preschool students with behavioral and developmental needs in three Spartanburg districts. Districts 1 and 3 will likely be forced to discontinue their Therapeutic Behavioral Services preschool programs altogether, while District 7will cut its program from six classes to one. The […]
March 29, 2010
In an era of siphoned education budgets, school officials are more likely to hunt for money than ways to spend it. But the sudden shove of federal stimulus dollars has left som e North Texas districts grappling with effective ways to use their share. The funds – part of President Barack Obama’s $787 billion […]
March 29, 2010
The region’s lowest-achieving schools can apply for a share of $61 million in federal stimulus funding awarded to the state Friday but will first need to commit to a series of reforms outlined by the U.S. Department of Education. The funds first will be used to help the state’s 64 schools identified as those with […]
March 29, 2010
The House this week approved HB 1369, the school finance act, but it was a vote that brought some legislators to tears. HB 1369 cuts $365 million in state funding for school districts statewide. According to the bill’s fiscal note, which explains the impact, the cut will result in a 6 percent drop in state […]